UNFCCC headlines

Source: RTCC - Indias contribution to global carbon emissions was only 7% last year, yet there are fears being expressed in the western world that rapid population growth and development will mean this vast country will soon be a major polluter − like its neighbour, China.

Source: Al Jazeera America - As global climate negotiators meet in Lima, Peru, for the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP 20)  a prelude to world climate talks in Paris next year  international union representatives say labor needs a stronger voice in planning the transition away from fossil fuels.

Source: The Age - In the debate over how to address climate change, there is a glaring gap between the levels of carbon reductions the world must achieve to avert the worst consequences of global warming and the levels of reductions that national governments have been willing to make thus far. Bridging that gap will require cities and businesses - the chief drivers of carbon emissions - to play a leading role, and Lima's experience points the way forward.

Source: The Wall Street Journal - Officials from nearly 200 countries working to negotiate a climate-change agreement are wrestling with the most basic question: whether key sections of the final pact should be legally binding.

Source: Bloomberg - Thousands of power plants and factories will need to be fitted with carbon-capture and storage equipment to limit global warming to safe levels, former World Bank chief economist Nicholas Stern said.

Source: The New York Times - Diplomats from 196 countries are closing in on the framework of a potentially historic deal that would for the first time commit every nation in the world to cutting its planet-warming fossil fuel emissions  but would still not be enough to stop the early impacts of global warming.

Source: Bloomberg - The worlds largest oil company sees emissions in the developing world surging 50 percent, a forecast that suggests the diplomatic push to draft an accord to curb global warming stands to fall short.

Source: Bloomberg BNA - Negotiations began Dec. 8 in Lima on the first draft of the text for the 2015 global climate change agreement, including discussion of emissions reduction targets for all countries and long-term financial targets starting in 2020.